Mesopotaamia jumalanna Nanāia mõjudest Kesk- ja Lõuna-Aasias

• Authors: Schumann Andrew , Sazonov Vladimir

Title variants

EN

Mesopotamian nanāia influences in Central and South Asia

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

In this paper we have traced some basic attributes belonging to the Mesopotamian goddess Nanāia, from their origin in the period of Ur III (2112–2004 BC) in ancient Mesopotamia up to the period of the Kuṣāṇas and Kūšānšāhs (from the 1st century AD to the late 4th century AD) in Central and South Asia, and up to the period of their successors – the Kidarites and Hephthalites. We have shown that there was a smooth transformation of these attributes of Nanāia to the standard Indian iconographic motif of Durgā.

Keywords

EN

Baktria; Central Asia; Durgā; Gandhāra; India; influences; Kūšānšāhs; Maheśvara; Mesopotamia; Nanā; Nanāia; Oešo; Sassanids; South Asia; Umā; Ur III; world-system

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 85
• Pages: 121-136

Contributors

author

Schumann Andrew

• Department of Cognitive Science and Mathematical Modelling, University of Information Technology and Management, ul. Sucharskiego 2, 35-225 Rzeszow, Poland

author

Sazonov Vladimir

• Estonian Military Academy, Riia 12, 51013 Tartu, Estonia